There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise {is} health.

And GOD saw that the wickedness of man {was} great in the earth, and {that} every imagination of the thoughts of his heart {was} only evil continually. {every...: or, the whole imagination: the Hebrew word signifieth not only the imagination, but also the purposes and desires} {continually: Heb. every day}

The heart {is} deceitful above all {things}, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

My fruit {is} better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.

Righteous lips {are} the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.

And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart {is} evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. {a sweet...: Heb. a savour of rest or, satisfaction} {for the imagination: or, through the imagination}

A wholesome tongue {is} a tree of life: but perverseness therein {is} a breach in the spirit. {A wholesome...: Heb. The healing of the tongue}

For as he thinketh in his heart, so {is} he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart {is} not with thee.

A word fitly spoken {is like} apples of gold in pictures of silver. {fitly...: Heb. spoken upon his wheels}

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise {is} health.

The mouth of a righteous {man is} a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

My fruit {is} better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.

The words of a wise man's mouth {are} gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. {gracious: Heb. grace}

The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe {which is} instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man {that is} an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure {things} new and old.

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish {doeth} not so.

My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.

And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.

There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge {are} a precious jewel.

Thy lips {are} like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech {is} comely: thy temples {are} like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.